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- Upload, View, and Share PDFs with Google Docs
- Already adept with Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files, Google Docs has added support for PDFs. You can upload them from your PC, view them online, search inside them, and share them with others. Other than that, PDF functionality is pretty basic. For the moment, file size is...
- Blog posts 2008-06-16
- Three Ways to Save Paper
- Everyone could use less paper in their lives. It's good for the environment, easier on your filing system, and just plain cheaper. Here are three ways you can cut down on the amount of printing you do and paper you consume: Get a duplexing printer The oldest...
- Blog posts 2008-04-16
- Embed Documents in Your Site or Blog with iPaper
- "YouTube for documents" service Scribd just unveiled a fancy new viewer. It's called iPaper, and it works like a PDF viewer for embedded documents. All you do is upload a PDF, Word file, Excel spreadsheet, PowerPoint presentation, or another supported file format, then copy the iPaper embed code to your...
- Blog posts 2008-02-20
- Edit PDFs in Word with Free PDF to Word Converter (Windows)
- Last week we told you about PDF Hammer, which lets you reorder PDF pages, join multiple documents, and more using a simple Web service. But what if you want to actually edit the innards of a PDF, to make changes or additions to the content? For that, look to Free PDF...
- Blog posts 2008-01-14
- Tweak PDFs on the Fly with PDF Hammer
- Need to edit a PDF on the run, like when you're away from your computer and don't have access to local software like CutePDF Pro? Try PDF Hammer, a free Web service that lets you reorder and delete pages and join multiple PDFs into a single document. ...
- Blog posts 2008-01-11
- Two Easy Ways to Create Your Own PDFs
- Thanks to Business Hacks, you know how to read PDFs and some cool tricks to do with them. Now it's time to learn how to create your own PDFs, courtesy of gHacks. Option #1 is PDF Online, which converts just about any uploaded document (Word files, JPEG images, etc.) to...
- Blog posts 2007-08-23
- 10 Cool PDF Tricks
- Ah, the venerable PDF -- where would we be without it? Last week I told you about three programs for viewing PDF files; now it's time to learn some nifty PDF tricks. My old cohorts at Lifehacker have wrangled up 10 of them, including making your own notepaper, password-protecting your...
- Blog posts 2007-08-15
- Three Free Alternatives to Adobe Reader
- Adobe seems to be following the Microsoft model of late, having turned Adobe Reader -- the industry standard for viewing PDF documents -- into one seriously bloated, overwrought application. After a recent hard drive reformat/reinstall, I didn't even bother installing it. Of course, because I work with PDFs on a daily...
- Blog posts 2007-08-09
- Get a Beta Invite to PDF-to-Word Converter
- PDF-to-Word is a free Web-based service that converts PDFs into Word documents -- and does a bang-up job of it, too. The service is in closed beta at the moment, but we scored some invites just for Business Hacks readers! After signing up, all you do is...
- Blog posts 2009-02-27
- Convert Web Pages to PDFs with One Click
- The html2pdf extension for Firefox does exactly what you think: turns whatever Web page you're viewing into a PDF. That's an insanely handy alternative to saving pages in native HTML format or using one of the various print-to-PDF solutions, which can have unpredictable results with Web sites. Not a Firefox...
- Blog posts 2009-03-23
- Extract Spreadsheet Data from PDFs with PDF to Excel
- Remember PDF to Word, the free Web service that converts PDFs into editable Word documents? Now there's a number-minded equivalent: PDF to Excel turns PDFs into Excel-compatible spreadsheets. (That probably wasn't hard to guess, huh?) All you do is upload a PDF that contains table and/or worksheet...
- Blog posts 2009-04-28
- Business Hacks Week in Review (May 4, 2009)
- If you spent as much time as we did worrying about Swine Flu at least it took our minds off the financiapocalypse, then we can forgive you for overlooking some of last week's hack-tacular posts. Here's a recap of what you missed: Extract Spreadsheet Data from PDFs...
- Blog posts 2009-05-04
- Preview PDFs in Outlook 2007 with Foxit PDF Preview Handler
- Ever wish you could look at a PDF e-mail attachment without having to fire up your PDF viewer? With Foxit PDF Preview Handler, you can view PDFs right inside Outlook 2007, just like looking at the body of an e-mail. Here's how it looks: ...
- Blog posts 2009-02-16
- Replace Adobe Reader with Foxit 3.0
- It's no secret that Adobe Reader has turned into a big, bloated slowpoke. Of course, PDFs are a part of everyday business life, so what's the alternative? Foxit Reader, a free PDF viewer that's faster, smaller, and in some ways more versatile than its Adobe counterpart....
- Blog posts 2008-11-25
- Five Unusual Ways to Use Evernote
- A while back we posted seven ways to be productive with Evernote, the information-management service that's been so popular with Business Hacks readers. Over at the Cranking Widgets Blog, they've rounded up five inventive, slightly unusual ways to put Evernote to good use, including: PDF Warehouse I find myself...
- Blog posts 2008-09-02
- Google Presentations Adds New Features, Late-January Edition
- It was only a few weeks ago that Google rolled out some nifty new features for Presentations, its Web-based PowerPoint clone, and now the company is back with even more upgrades. What's new now? Take a look: Save your presentations as PDF files, then...
- Blog posts 2008-01-29
- Save Google Reader Entries as PDFs
- Problem: You discover yet another killer Business Hacks post while perusing your feeds in Google Reader, but you can't easily download it for future reference. Solution: Google Reader's new Send To option, which, in addition to providing quick links to services like Digg, Facebook, and Twitter, lets...
- Blog posts 2009-08-14
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- Find Instruction Manuals for Computers, Phones, and Other Gear at SafeManuals
- Can't find the instruction manual for your BlackBerry? Your old HP LaserJet? Adobe Photoshop? Head to SafeManuals, an online repository of instructions and user guides for a whopping 900,000 products. (Okay, the actual count is 883,542, but still.) You can browse the guide database or search for...
- Blog posts 2008-06-12
- Create, Collaborate on Stylish Slideshows with Acrobat Presentations
- Building PowerPoint-style presentations in your browser is nothing new, but that hasn't stopped Adobe from throwing its hat into the ring: Acrobat Presentations lets you create and collaborate on slideshows. And unlike most Adobe products, this one's free (for now, anyway). Though currently...
- Blog posts 2009-06-02
- Acrobat.com Sends Large Files Straight From Outlook
- Need to send a large file attachment? We've long been fans of the YouSendIt plug-in for Outlook, which taps that service from within your e-mail client. Now Adobe is getting in on the big-attachment act with the Acrobat.com Outlook Plugin. Surprisingly, it's free, and you get 5GB of online storage...
- Blog posts 2009-03-18
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